This weekend was my husband's thirtieth birthday! We invited all our friends for an amazing day of paintball. I had shirts made with my strapping husband Justin flexing on it, so we all wore those to get painted up! His middle name is Kase, so that is always fun to mess with!
During the very first round of paintball I quickly ran to the nearest wall to hide behind and slowly crept my head up to see what was going on. Within seconds I had been shot right between the eyes (thanks Brad). Thank goodness for goggles. There is a learning curve to this paintball thing!
After running through creeks, ducking behind barricades, and getting shot with paintballs, we had worked up quite an appetite. We came back to the house for some relaxation in the back yard, and food! We had appetizers, pulled chicken sandwiches, cake, and Grater's ice cream from Cincinnati.
During the very first round of paintball I quickly ran to the nearest wall to hide behind and slowly crept my head up to see what was going on. Within seconds I had been shot right between the eyes (thanks Brad). Thank goodness for goggles. There is a learning curve to this paintball thing!
After running through creeks, ducking behind barricades, and getting shot with paintballs, we had worked up quite an appetite. We came back to the house for some relaxation in the back yard, and food! We had appetizers, pulled chicken sandwiches, cake, and Grater's ice cream from Cincinnati.
For the cake I used Martha Stewart's Perfect white cake recipe. Per my husband's request, I added chocolate chips to the cake batter before baking it. The flavor was great, but I have to admit that the cake was a little dry. For the frosting I used Martha's Italian Butter Cream frosting. It has a great consistency, but make sure you serve it room temperature. Mine was still a little cold from the fridge when I served it, and the consistency was a bit too stiff.
For the filling used a bit of frosting and fresh raspberries. The raspberries helped to balance the layers as well. Where I needed more filling I used whole raspberries and where I didn't I sliced them in half. They added a little zing to the rich frosting.
To decorate it I used gel frosting to make it look like the cake had been paint-balling with us! We served it with raspberry chocolate chip Graeter's ice cream and it was delish!
After eating all this, we walked to Turn Verein which is our local German cultural center, to enjoy their Bockbierfest. We danced the night away and came home with a smile. Thanks to all our friends who came out to celebrate! It meant a lot to us and we had a wonderful time. Happy Birthday Justin!
To decorate it I used gel frosting to make it look like the cake had been paint-balling with us! We served it with raspberry chocolate chip Graeter's ice cream and it was delish!
After eating all this, we walked to Turn Verein which is our local German cultural center, to enjoy their Bockbierfest. We danced the night away and came home with a smile. Thanks to all our friends who came out to celebrate! It meant a lot to us and we had a wonderful time. Happy Birthday Justin!
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